Family of cyclist Moriah Wilson files wrongful death lawsuit against Kaitlin Armstrong

The parents of cyclist Moriah "Mo" Wilson have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Travis County civil district court against Kaitlin Armstrong, who was convicted in Wilson's death and sentenced to 90 years in prison, seeking damages that include payment for their daughter's funeral and burial.

The suit is based on facts widely reported before and during the November 2023 trial that led to Armstrong's conviction.

In December, Armstrong’s lawyer filed a motion for a new trial, claiming that her attorneys didn’t present enough character witnesses about Armstrong’s traumatic childhood and that she was pregnant about the time she was arrested for Wilson’s killing. The case was in the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals as of last month, Travis County records show.

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Calls to Jessica Freud, who is handling Armstrong's appeal, regarding the lawsuit were not immediately returned Wednesday.

"We want to make sure that Kaitlin Armstrong does not financially benefit for her terrible crime and that if she were ever able to have any kind of movie, book or TV deal, that my clients would receive the financial benefit of that for losing their daughter in such a horrendous manner," said attorney Randy Howry, who represents the Wilsons.

Prosecutors said that Armstrong stalked Wilson out of anger over a friendship Wilson, a rising star in the gravel cycling community, had with her boyfriend and shot her in the Austin apartment of Wilson's friend, where she was staying.

"Defendant Kaitlin Marie Armstrong acted intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly when she broke into the home where Anna Moriah Wilson was staying, pointed a gun at her, and then discharged three rounds into her body," the suit, brought by Eric and Karen Wilson, says. "It was Defendant Kaitlin Marie Armstrong’s conscious objective or desire at the time she discharged the gun to cause grievous bodily injury or death to Anna Moriah Wilson."

The suit alleges that Armstrong demonstrated gross negligence and assaulted Wilson.

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It said the Wilsons are entitled to damages from mental and emotional pain, torment and suffering.

"Plaintiffs do not at this time seek any certain amount of damages for any of these particular elements of damages, but would instead rely upon the collective wisdom of the jury to determine an amount that would fairly and reasonably compensate Plaintiffs," the suit concludes.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Moriah Wilson's parents sue convicted killer Kaitlin Armstrong